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Anniversary book from Semi Permanent is a 20-year time capsule of stunning creativity

Creative Boom

In contrast to other sections in the publication, there are no images on these pages, making the point that creativity isn't always visual. Or at least, it doesn't always start that way, but rather as a spark of an idea, a willingness to collaborate, and a desire to reshape our future. "But

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Remembering Nicholas Thirkell: “he took ideas to their ultimate expression”

Design Week

In 1970, we were invited by the Design Council to stage an exhibition of our collective output from our respective publishing houses and, following on from that, a wonderful piece in the prestigious Gebrauchsgrafik magazine. Banner image: The Design Centre exhibition of book jackets 1970.

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Prem Krishnamurthy on Design as a “Generous Discipline”

Eye on Design

A procession of designers had made their way to the city over the course of the year to take part in a new workshop/exhibition space supported by KW Institute for Contemporary Art — Na Kim , Karel Martens, Esen Karol, Fikra ’s Salem Al-qassimi, among them. Over those five years, the exhibitions at P!

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Celebrating Transgender History Through Photography

Feature Shoot

Cobra, 1961 © Christer Strömholm Remembering a Community of Transgender Women Living in Paris in the 1950s-60s In the 1950s, the Swedish photographer Christer Strömholm (1918-2002) found his home-away-from-home at Paris’s Place Pigalle. My witness to his strength and standing was clear in his mentoring of Kamari.

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4 Must-See Art Exhibitions in New York This Summer

Design Milk

Innovation, curiosity, intelligence, and visual sparks link my four favorite gallery exhibitions on view now in New York. Photo: Phoebe d’Heurle, courtesy of David Kordansky Gallery Doyle Lane (1923-2002) was an important and influential figure in 20 th Century West Coast studio ceramics.

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Don Norman and the Emotional Side of Design

Inkbot Design

Author) English (Publication Language) 272 Pages – 05/11/2005 (Publication Date) – Basic Books (Publisher) −$6.10 $11.89 Daniel Kahneman's landmark studies led to him receiving the 2002 Nobel Prize. ” Sale Emotional Design: Why We Love (or Hate) Everyday Things Norman, Don A.

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Architecture Lobby Toronto Inaugurates a New Kind of Book Club

Azure Magazine

As a self-regulating profession in Canada , architecture is framed through its mandate to protect the “public interest.” The notion that public interest and public safety are synonymous terms undermines architecture’s political role. Links to Resources for C-A-L-L 1: Architecture and the Public Interest. Register here !